Information Cutoff: 2:00 pm EST The Iran Update provides insights into Iranian and Iranian-sponsored activities abroad that undermine regional stability and threaten US forces and interests. It also covers events and trends that affect the stability and decision-making of the Iranian regime. The Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American …

Two top PiS politicians, one of them the former interior minister, are jailed, in what could become a major battleground for the former ruling party as it attempts to force early elections.On Wednesday morning, the former Polish interior minister Mariusz Kaminski and his ex-deputy, Maciej Wasik, woke up in prison …

Elsewhere, Czech inquiry finds police response to shooting was satisfactory; Hungary makes fresh demands in EU to support Ukraine; and a prime ministerial piece of real estate in Bratislava. On Tuesday, a Warsaw court rejected changes made by new Culture Minister Bartlomiej Sienkiewicz to the management of public media. One …